Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Water Drain: Florida Court Rulings Show Importance of Exclusion Wording
Mar 25 2022 // Editor’s note: Insurers report that an increasing share of claims and claims litigation is the result of non-weather water damage. Jacksonville attorney Joseph Mackey, formerly of the Marshall Dennehey law firm and...
People Moves: TigerRisk Hires Aon’s Tuttle as Sr. Reinsurance Broker; HDI Promotes 3 for UK, Ireland Teams; BMS Taps Howden’s Powell as Chief Commercial Officer
Mar 23 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at TigerRisk Partners, HDI Global, and BMS. A summary of these new hires follows here. TigerRisk Hires Aon’s Tuttle as Partner, Senior Reinsurance...
Arizona Auto Insurance Rates Rising on Heels of COVID
Mar 22 2022 // As if spiraling gas prices weren’t enough, motorists across Arizona and the nation are paying more for auto insurance as repair costs and more crowded roads push premium rates higher. After giving customers premium...
Scouts Reach Deal With Catholic Committee in BSA Bankruptcy
Mar 21 2022 // A committee representing several Catholic entities in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has reached a settlement with the BSA and is withdrawing its objections to its proposed reorganization plan, attorneys told a judge...
On the Water: Boats & Risk
Mar 21 2022 // People who like the water like boats. This might be a gross misuse and the mariners among us might get offended by it, but I’m going to use the term boat to refer to any kind of watercraft that an individual might...
Reimagining Restaurants and Risk
Mar 21 2022 // Supply shortages, rising inflation, higher food costs and labor shortages, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, are challenging the food services industry today. It’s likely these challenges will subside eventually...
People Moves: Alliant in California Names VanZanten VP in Employee Benefits group; Burns & Wilcox Adds New Associates
Mar 17 2022 // Alliant Insurance Services named Kerstin VanZanten vice president within its employee benefits group. VanZanten is based in Orange County, California. VanZanten’s background includes experience in benefits...
M.J. Hall Launches Admitted Cannabis Management Liability in California and Arizona
Mar 16 2022 // M.J. Hall & Co. is now offering directors and officers liability, employment practices liability and fiduciary liability insurance coverages to cannabis companies and their executives through an admitted product in...
Trial Set to Consider Approval of Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan
Mar 15 2022 // More than two years after the Boy Scouts of America sought bankruptcy protection amid an onslaught of child sex abuse allegations, a judge will determine whether to confirm its proposed reorganization plan in a trial...
Takeaways from Our Conversation on Who the Insuring Cannabis Brokers Are
Mar 15 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Are most people in the insuring cannabis business merely cannabis insurance brokers in name only – their only client being a cousin who owns a mom-n-pop dispensary in downtown? Or do most...
Georgia High Court Finds Retailers May be Liable for Securing Loads on Vehicles
Mar 14 2022 // Georgia shoppers who are unable to load bulky purchases onto their vehicles by themselves might find store employees less willing to help — or at least being more vigilant if they do lend a hand. The Georgia Supreme...
Illinois District Court: Insurer Cannot Rely on Employment-Related Exclusion in BIPA Suit
Mar 9 2022 // An Illinois federal judge said a policy exclusion for employment-related practices does not protect State Automobile Insurance Co. from defending a grocery chain accused of violating the Illinois Biometric Information...
Insurers Refuse to Pick Up Bill for Billions in Opioid Claims
Mar 8 2022 // A multibillion-dollar bill is coming due for the U.S. opioid epidemic and insurers for some of the largest drug makers, distributors and pharmacies are refusing to help pay for it. A Delaware Supreme Court ruling in...
Vermont Court Sides With Ambassador Insurance in Allocation of Asbestos Losses
Mar 8 2022 // The Vermont Supreme Court has denied a bid by a manufacturer of asbestos products to bypass Vermont law in determining the allocation of losses for insurance purposes. In so doing, the Vermont court sided with Ambassador...
People Moves: Burns & Wilcox Adds 2 to Professional Liability Practice Group; J.M. Wilson Adds Struck
Mar 7 2022 // Burns & Wilcox Adds Tameka Livatino and Erin Pritchett to Professional Liability Practice Group Burns & Wilcox has named Tameka Livatinoas underwriting director of architects and engineers, based in Chicago. With...
People Moves: Applied Financial Lines Adds 3; Sandbox Ventures Welcomes Chamness
Mar 7 2022 // Applied Financial Lines Names Noble, Owen and Dau Nebraska-headquartered specialty insurer Applied Underwriters has expanded its Applied Financial Lines unit with several key appointments. Kim Noble has been named vice...
Texas Supreme Court Allows For Exception to 8-Corners Rule
Mar 7 2022 // For more than 50 years, insurers have known that their duty to defend a Texas policyholder from a lawsuit must be decided based only on the language of the insurance contract and the allegations made by the plaintiff. The...
Small Business Revolution
Mar 7 2022 // Optimism, Resiliency Open New Doors for Sector Sector Buoyed by Record Start-Ups, Pandemic Resiliency The global pandemic, economic recession and worldwide supply chain shortages have not hindered the optimism and drive of...
U.S. P/C Industry Grew Surplus Despite Underwriting Loss in 2021
Mar 7 2022 // Insurance rating agency AM Best said it expects the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry to record an increase in surplus in 2021 thanks to investment income and capital gains improvements despite booking an...
Markets/Coverages: Take1 Features Film Producers Package; Pathpoint Now Serving Restaurants; Nexus Specialty Targets Management Liability
Mar 4 2022 // Take1 Introduces Coverage for Documentary, Industrial, Commercial, and Educational Film Producers Thanks to the growing number of broadcast, cable and streaming platforms, the market demand for recorded filmed content has...
